Wharton - U. Penn

Total program cost: $171,360 in Philadelphia, $175,678 in San Francisco

Format: Alternating Friday-Saturday classes, with an initial week-long meeting and a week-long international study seminar

Length of program: 24 months

Class of 2014: 117 students in Philadelphia, 102 in San Francisco

Average age: 34-35

Average years of work experience: 10-11

Average GMAT: 700

Wharton - U. Penn

Index: 100.02012 rank: 1Total program cost: $171,360 in Philadelphia, $175,678 in San Francisco
Format: Alternating Friday-Saturday classes, with an initial week-long meeting and a week-long international study seminar
Length of program: 24 months
Class of 2014: 117 students in Philadelphia, 102 in San Francisco
Average age: 34-35
Average years of work experience: 10-11
Average GMAT: 700

Courtesy: The Wharton School

Booth - Univ. of Chicago

Index: 97.4

2012 rank: 2

Total program cost: $154,000

Format: Alternate weekends with four week-long residencies, including London and Singapore

Length of program: 21 months

Class of 2014: 75 students

Average age: 36

Average years of work experience: 13

Booth - Univ. of Chicago

Index: 97.4
2012 rank: 2
Total program cost: $154,000
Format: Alternate weekends with four week-long residencies, including London and Singapore
Length of program: 21 months
Class of 2014: 75 students
Average age: 36
Average years of work experience: 13

Northwestern Kellogg

Index: 96.1
2012 rank: 3
Total program cost: $166,500
Format: Alternating Friday-Sunday or Friday-Saturday classes in Evanston or monthly Thursday-Sunday classes in Miami
Length of program: 22 months
Class of 2014: 75 students
Average age: 37
Average years of work experience: 12

Columbia Business School

Index: 92.5
2012 rank: 4
Total program cost: $168,480
Format: Alternating Friday-Saturday classes for 22 months or Saturday only classes for 25 months
Class of 2014: 132 students (alternating Friday-Saturdays)
Average age: 33
Average years of work experience: 9

Stern - NYU

Index: 90.4
2012 rank: 5
Total program cost: $157,000
Format: Alternating Friday-Saturday classes, with two global study tours
Length of program: 22 months
Class of 2014: 60 students
Average age: 38
Average years of work experience: 14

Univ. of Michigan - Ross

Format: Once a month on Friday and Saturday in Ann Arbor and Los Angeles

Length of program: 21 months

Class of 2014: 39 students

Acceptance rate: 77%

Average age: 39

Average years of work experience: 15

Average undergraduate GPA: 3.20

Univ. of Michigan - Ross

Index: 88.6
2012 rank: 7
Total program cost: $131,000 (in-state residents), $136,000 (out-of-state)
Format: Once a month on Friday and Saturday in Ann Arbor and Los Angeles
Length of program: 21 months
Class of 2014: 39 students
Acceptance rate: 77%
Average age: 39
Average years of work experience: 15
Average undergraduate GPA: 3.20

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Cornell - Johnson

Index: 82.6

2012 rank: 8

Total program cost: $157,416

Format: Alternating Saturdays and Sundays, with four one-week residencies in Ithaca